Tom Penn was an up-and-coming Assistant GM in Portland before his unexpected firing last spring. Since then, his GM Pritchard was also fired (on draft day, no less!) and a few others have left abruptly as well. And we thought the Suns' situation was bad. Those guys were kicked out the door. Hard. And didn't seem to deserve it. (Another aside: Jeff Bower in NO was kicked out as well... as was Rod Thorn in NJ. Only Thorn had presided over a terrible team. Strange summer indeed). Back to Penn. Recently, he worked for ESPN during the draft and free agency, and really shows his ability to talk 'capology' with the best of them. Penn is currently being considered for the New Orleans front office as well.

Dell Demps is more unknown. He is getting credit for San Antonio's success in drafting, but so have many former/current San Antonio Spurs employees, like Sam Presti (now OKC's GM) and Dennis Lindsey (an early favorite who pulled out), along with the actual GM RC Buford and GM-like coach Greg Popovich. So there's really no telling just how qualified Dell Demps is, since he was surrounded by such other proven talent. Still, he's being interviewed a LOT by New Orleans, so he must be okay. According to ESPN, Demps is scheduled for an interview today with the Suns. Last week, Sarver said he'd wait on the GM process until Babby was officially in place. So I assume Babby will participate in this interview. My money says he finds out if Phoenix wants him (Suns are a better proposition than New Orleans) before taking any other offers.